Top Paris Couture Fall 2012 Looks
- 08 Jul
- Written by Anna Marevska
This season’s highly anticipated fall 2012 couture shows closed on an elevated note and in case you are still in owe of Raf Simons’ debut for Dior, allow us to tell you that the rest of the couturiers showed some pretty spectacular collections.
The underlining theme of the season was reinvention of the old, and most designers looked to modernize lines of couture’s past.
Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld paid homage to the 1940s – broad shoulders, cape backs all in black, gray, silver and dusty pink. It tied wonderfully together with Lagerfeld’s portrait of Coco Chanel adorning the invitation, in addition to the runway spotlight of the classic Chanel suit.
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Elie Saab looked for inspiration in old Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, proving once again that he is the king of the cocktail dresses and evening gowns. In a typical Saab fashion everything was remarkably decorated by thousands of beads, sequins, and crystals.
Creatures of a different past floated on Giambattista Valli’s runway. Nymphs and fairies in enchanted forests were the stars of the collection, all gliding in spectacular prints and with butterflies in their hair.
Donatella Versace, who opened the couture season, brought sexy back as well as the House of Versace to its roots: the pastel chain mail, the high slits, the scarf prints, the Medusa emblems, the bared skin. Do we need say more?
Senior Giorgio Armani had a slightly different past in mind for his Armani Privé show, more Back to the Future than anything else. Our favorite part? The extravagant beaded veils covering models’ hair.
And then, of course, was the spectacular debut of Raf Simons for Christian Dior. “Fashion had seen nothing like it for years,” wrote Tim Blanks for Style.com. “Outside in the street, there was hysteria. Inside, the industry's great and good—Alaïa, Elbaz, Jacobs, Theyskens, Tisci, Van Assche, Versace, von Furstenberg—gathered to see Raf Simons debut his first haute couture collection for Christian Dior.”
If there was mass hysteria prior to the show, the fashion world completely lost it afterward. Every major fashion critic in the world couldn’t find enough superlatives to describe the collection: Fairytale beauty, ravishing, vision of restrained contemporary elegance, subtle drama… were really only a few.
There was so much beauty this couture season it was hard to pick a handful of best looks, but we did our best. Click through our slideshow and don’t forget to tell us your favorite. And just in case you want to see the worst looks from couture, hop over to our WTFashion section.
Top Resort 2013 Looks
- 16 Jun
- Written by Anna Marevska
Resort collections always come at the right time, when we’ve started to crave something new in fashion, and Cruise 2013 has certainly satisfied our appetite until the big catlwalks in September. If this season’s resort collections are an indicator of what designers will show us next season, then two things are certain: peplum is here to stay and print mixologists are having the time of their lives. There are many favorites from resort this year, namely Prabal Gurung, Celine and Lanvin.
And due to the abundance of gorgeous ensembles it was quite impossible to narrow down the looks to our usual top 100 list. So this time we have added a little extra. Click through FashionFiles top Resort 2013 looks and don’t forget to sound us on Twitter for your favorites.
Top 100 Paris Fashion Week Looks, Fall 2012
- 12 Mar
- Written by Anna Marevska
Paris Fashion Week ended Wednesday and closed another knockout season of fashion around the world. And naturally, old Paris left the best for last. Heavily beaded pieces at Lanvin and Balmain proved all recession-talk wrong, brilliant patterned pantsuits appeared at Prada, Louis Vuitton and Stella McCartney continued the trend from pre-fall, and Karl Lagerfeld celebrated the depths of earth by throwing crystalline embellishments on hems, cuffs, trims and shoes at Chanel.
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Just like in New York, London and Milan, fur was also a permanent fixture in Paris but this time designersused it as a trim on a trench coat, like Viktor & Rolf; or made a bib out of it like Celine. Color was mum on the runways, although white definitely made a memorable appearance at McQueen, Chanel and Valentino.
Browse our top 100 picks and be sure to sound us on Twitter and let us know your favorite. While you are at it, check out our top picks from New York, London and Milan as well.
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